US HIGH SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION

• Bringing High Speed Rail to America
• Why High Speed
• High Speed Rail Around the World
• Real Estate Development Opportunities
• Transit Oriented Development
• Rail Station Architecture and Design
• Creating Jobs & Stimulating the Economy
• Scaling Up HSR Renewable Energy
• Planning New HSR Systems
• Streamlining Application Process
• Financing HSR
• Infrastructure Fund HSR
• Technology of HSR
• Integrating with Transit

• California Governor Schwarzenegger (Invited)
• U.S. Congressman Jim Costa (Invited)
• U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (Invited)
• Judge Quentin L. Kopp, California High Speed Rail Authority
• New York Senator Malcolm Smith
• Katherine Perez, Director, Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles
• David Carol, Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Antonio Perez, CEO Talgo, Spain
• Juan Matias Archilla, Director International Projects - Renfe, Spain
• Frank Guzzo, Director of Business Development - Siemens Mobility
• Jack Kinstlinger, PE, Chairman Emeritus - KCI Technologies; ARTBA
• Jeffrey Boothe, Partner - Holland & Knight, Washington, DC
• Petra Todorovich, Director - America 2050
• Jo Linda Thompson, HSR Policy Advisor & Executive Director - Association for Ca. High Speed Trains 
• Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director - Transbay Joint Powers Authority, CA
• Josep-Maria Ribes, President and CEO - Ardanuy Ingenieria S.A., Spain
• Giuseppe Sciarrone, Director, NTV Rail, Italy (Invited)
• Rod Diridon, High Speed Committee Chair - APTA (American Public Transportation Assn.)
• Michael Kehs, Head of US Public Affairs, Hill & Knowlton
• Huw Thomas, Foster+Partners, London
• Joseph Borremans, Joseph Borremans, Senior Int'l Project Manager - Tuc Rail, Belgium
• Lan Mond, International Business Mgr. - NDF, China
• William Schroeer, State Policy Director, Smart Growth America
• Erin Steva, Transportation Advocate, CALPIRG (Ca. Public Interest Research Group)
• Cecilia Ribalaygua, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
• John Krieger, Counsel US PIRG

New Speakers Are Being Added Each Week

In March 2007 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Dale E. Bonner to lead the State's Business, Transportation and Housing Agency (BT&H).  As Secretary, he oversees 14 departments and several economic development programs and commissions consisting of more than 44,000 employees and a budget of $20 billion, a budget larger than that of most states in the nation. The Agency's portfolio is one of the largest and most diverse in the State of California. Its operations address myriad of issues that directly impact the state's economic vitality and quality of life including transportation, public safety, affordable housing, international trade, financial services, tourism, and managed health care.

During his tenure, Mr. Bonner has spearheaded implementation of the voter-approved $19.9 billion transportation bond and the $2.85 billion housing bond, and the new statewide program to attract private investment in public infrastructure. Mr. Bonner is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, the Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission, and the California Travel and Tourism Commission. As Secretary, Mr. Bonner also serves on the High Speed Rail Bond Finance Committee, the Board of Directors of the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Coastal Commission, the California Strategic Growth Council, the California-Mexico Border Relations Council, and numerous other boards and commissions.

Conference Highlights

Learn about the amazing high speed rail system Spain is building all across their country, and how they are doing it more economically than others

Hear about the largest high speed rail project in the history of the world - China - and how they are building it in a handful of years with 42 new lines underway all at the same time!

Get a glimpse of the proposed Transbay Terminal intermodal center in San Francisco for the new HSR lines to integrate with other transit, and the city.

Learn how France changed their nation by building high speed rail at a time when rail ridership was declining.  The new HSR systems generated huge ridership all across the nation.

See how California is building consensus across the largest state in America to build support for their HSR mega project, in the face of much doubt and skepticism.

Listen to the story of how the grassroots movement of students in California help get out the vote in favor of HSR, to help make it happen.

See how California will again lead in the area of sustainability with the most significantly green system possible - high speed rail.

Hear about all this a much more at High Speed Rail 2010 in Los Angeles!

• Leading high speed rail experts from around the world
• Profitable private rail operators
• Members of Congress
• Governors
• Mayors
• California state elected officials
• Departments of transportation
• Real estate development industry leaders
• Engineering and construction professionals
• Financial and investment executives
• Architects, urban designers, planners
• Smart growth experts
• Renewable energy leaders
• Leading academics
• Activists